Wirecard, the global innovation leader for digital financial technology, is expanding its partnership with Mizuho Bank, Ltd., a leading global financial institution. The scope of the expansion includes a significant geographic extension, a collaboration on new payout products, and joint digital payment solutions.

Payment specialist Renovite Technologies has appointed industry veteran Sanjay Mishra as its new chief delivery officer (CDO). Sanjay will lead Renovite’s technology and innovation strategy as the cloud specialist prepares to enter its next phase of growth.

Previously, Mr Mishra served as the head of technology of foreign exchange service provider Currencies Direct. He held the position there for three years. During his tenure, Sanjay implemented new online digital consumer platforms, core trading systems, and managed compliance and banking integrations for the company. 

Tribe Payments, a team of industry experts dedicated to delivering the future of payments, today announced three C-level appointments. Fadl Mahmoud has been appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO), Vytautas Mickevicius appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Alex Reddish appointed as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).

Digital core banking provider five°degrees today announces a partnership with Entersekt, an innovator in mobile-first fintech solutions. The agreement makes Entersekt’s state-of-the-art digital channel security platform available on five°degrees’ Open Banking Marketplace, which boosts collaboration between banks and technology companies for streamlined digital customer experiences, improved efficiencies, and trouble-free compliance.

Mirada plc (AIM: MIRA), a leading provider of integrated software solutions for Digital TV operators and broadcasters, is delighted to announce it has won a new customer in Spain.  Mirada has started working for Plataforma Multimedia de Operadores for the development of its new OTT-based TV platform. Plataforma Multimedia de Operadores (the “Customer”, the “Operator”) is a new Spanish OTT enabler whose main shareholder is Procono S.A.U., and with secondary shareholders Opencable, ACUTEL and AOTEC.

The Marco Polo Network, a trade and working capital finance network, is welcoming Mastercard as its latest member. The network – and its over 25 member banks – are working to unlock what the World Trade Organization has identified as a potential $1.5 trillion opportunity in global trade finance.

trueDigital, the global financial technology company which has quietly been building out an end to end digital asset trading and settlement ecosystem for the traditional and digital asset markets, has announced that it has rebranded as Tassat. 

The new brand better represents the company’s values, and its focused, pragmatic and client-centric approach to delivering institutional-grade and compliant technologies.  

CloudMargin, creator of the world’s first and only collateral and margin management solution native to the cloud, today announced the appointment of Karl Wyborn to the new role of Global Head of Business Development, effective immediately.

MDOTM, a fintech startup that develops AI-driven strategies and quantitative models to support banks and asset managers in their investment decisions, continues to grow with Andrea Caletti and Paul Holleran joining to manage Business Development. In accordance with the long-term development strategy, the two professionals will focus on European and UK institutional investors to speed up its international scale-up.

Bank offerings and customer expectations are evolving fast. For each specific client need, specific solutions need to be built, requiring lots of investments, IP and expertise. To keep up, banks can’t afford to reinvent the wheel every time. Therefore they are opening up, and welcoming the win-win collaboration with specialist third parties that can help them improve their offering. Depending on scope, those partners can be large (typically well-established core banking providers) or small (innovative niche service providers).